It's All Down Hill from Here On Up
Vocabulary:
Rhododendron-

Pathological-
"Soft-spoken and pathologically optimistic, he's the subject of a cult of personality in our hometown of Eugene, Oregon."
Optimistic-
"Soft-spoken and pathologically optimistic, he's the subject of a cult of personality in our hometown of Eugene, Oregon."
Epic-
"Somehow, a day trip becomes an epic, and his legend grows."
Cascade Range-
"Over dinner, he described the Oregon equivalent of a buried treasure: a forgotten trail, unmaintained since World War II, that climbed into the heart of the Cascade Range."
Blazes-
"He described blazes, left on trees by long-dead U.S. Forest Service workers, that would help us find our way."
Forded-

Ubiquitous-